Short answers, pulled from the story.
William Hogarth was born on the 10th of November 1697 at Bartholomew Close in London. His father Richard Hogarth taught Latin and wrote textbooks for a living while the family lived in lower-middle-class circumstances.
William Hogarth lobbied parliament to pass the Engravers' Copyright Act known as Hogarth's Act which became law on the 25th of June 1735. This legislation represented the first copyright law to deal with visual works as well as the first to recognize authorial rights of an individual artist.
Oil paintings of A Rake's Progress from 1733-34 remain displayed today in the gallery room at Sir John Soane's Museum in London. The Election series created between 1755 and 1758 also now resides in Sir John Soane's Museum.
Hogarth died around two hours after falling ill on the 25th of October 1764 in arms of servant Mrs Mary Lewis who received £100 in his will for faithful services. He was buried at St Nicholas Church in Chiswick where actor David Garrick composed inscription for tombstone.
The case involving tapestry worker Joshua Morris was decided in William Hogarth's favour on the 28th of May 1728 in Westminster Court. He received payment for the money owed after winning this lawsuit against the tapestry worker who had declined to hire him as a painter.